Faith

Whether it mean trust in God, or fidelity to principle and duty, faith is love in the battle field. It is constantly following hard after God, when the world drags downward, and the flesh cries, Halt. It is zeal holding fast sound words, when fervor is costly, and sound words are obnoxious. It is firmness marching through fire and through water, to the post where duty calls and the captain waits.
It is Elijah before Ahab. It is Stephen before the Sanhedrim. It is Luther at Worms. It is the martyr in the flames. It is Jesus in the desert. It is Jesus in Gethsemane. It is Jesus on the Cross. And it is whosoever pursuing the path, or finishing the work which God has given him to do, and, like the great Forerunner does not fear to die.